[Adopted by the Borough Council of Borough of Dravosburg 10-19-2010 by Ord. No.
2010-06. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter applies to all outdoor burning and open burning
within the Borough of Dravosburg except for the following:
A.
It shall not apply to grilling or cooking food using charcoal, wood,
propane or natural gas in cooking or grilling appliances in an appropriate
container or fireplace.
B.
It shall not apply to burning for the purpose of generating heat
in a stove, furnace, fireplace or other heating device within a building
used for human or animal habitation.
C.
It shall not apply to the use of propane, acetylene, natural gas,
gasoline or kerosene in a device intended for heating, construction,
or maintenance activities.
Open burning of wood, trees, logs, brush and/or stumps shall
only be permitted in compliance with the following:
A.
Only clean, dry wood products may be burned.
B.
Burning shall only be permitted in an approved outdoor-rated fireplace,
fire pit, chimney or fifty-five-gallon drum.
C.
All burning and fires must be no less than 15 feet in distance from
the nearest structure.
D.
All outdoor burning shall be attended at all times by an individual
not younger than 18 years of age.
E.
Adequate means of fire extinguishment must be immediately available
at all times when outdoor burning is taking place.
F.
Persons utilizing or maintaining an outdoor fire shall be responsible
for all fire suppression costs and any other liability resulting from
damage caused by the fire.
G.
All allowed open burning shall be conducted in a safe, nuisance-free
manner, when wind and weather conditions minimize adverse effects
and do not create a health hazard or visibility hazard on roadways,
railroads or airfields. Open burning shall be conducted in conformance
with all local and state fire protection regulations and the most
current edition of the International Fire Code.
H.
No materials may be burned upon any street, curb, gutter, sidewalk
or on the ice of a lake, pond, stream or water body or on any public
property.
I.
No person shall be permitted to create an open fire on property unless
he/she has the legal right to possession of that property.
J.
The Fire Chief or authorized officer, agent, employee or representative
of the Dravosburg Volunteer Fire Department No. 1, who presents credentials,
may inspect any property for the purpose of ascertaining compliance
with the provisions of this chapter.
K.
Open burning is prohibited at any construction areas or any areas
zoned as commercial or industrial property.
The open burning of refuse in the Borough of Dravosburg is hereby
prohibited. Refuse shall include any waste material, including building
supplies, garbage, grass and leaves. It shall not include trees, logs,
brush, stumps or other vegetative matter.
The Fire Chief of Dravosburg Volunteer Fire Department No. 1
shall have the power to prohibit open burning if such burning is contrary
to the provisions of this chapter or the most current edition of the
International Fire Code.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600,
plus costs, for each violation.
